Nokia, Sony, IBM, Oracle, Sun and AOL/TW are all using MS Windows on their desktops! XBox may fail, but M$ has the resources to try again as many times as it needs to, financed by its desktop OS.
Microsoft has been a monopoly from the beginning. MS-Dos ran the first IBM PC's with no competition. It used Dos as the cash cow to finance its application market, which it later switched to Windows. It's much easier to recover from mistakes if your product ships on every PC built since 1981!
I couldn't agree more! Many times I've looked it a portion of a program that hasn't been touched for years, and it did something strange and I'd say "WTF". I could tell WHAT it was doing, but I had no clue as to WHY. Of course, my predecessor didn't belive in comments, and he had won the lotto/gone senile/died long ago.
Joe Sixpack and Susie SockerMom CAN be an asset to Linux. For one thing, when he whines that feature X doesn't work right, he's exposing a bug. And, more important, if a lot of people start asking if that snazzy new digital camera works with Linux, the vendor will make sure that it does or he'll lose $$$.
As an ordinary citizen, you'd only get "SuperHuman Enhancment" Version 1. The cop would have "SuperHuman Enhancement" Version 2, and would kick your butt without even trying!
I think the problem a lot of/.ers have is that it is being compared to the car. The Segway won't replace anyone's car; it may, however replace the wheelchair, or if it becomes lighter, faster, and cheaper, the bike.
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"1. How many people live close enough to work that they can afford the time to communte on a device that moves at walking speed? (no one I know)
That's what public transportation is for. You get on your Segway, go to the bus station, get on, and instead of a hectic drive, you can do some homework or check your email while you commute. Then, when you get where you're going, you hop back on the Segway and ride to work. No walking neccessary. "
That assumes you live where public transportation doesn't suck!
"2. How many people live in places where the weather is neither too warm or too cold to spend the time outside?
Lots, but there are such things as jackets and T-shirts, you know. People successfully manage to walk or bike around as it is now. "
I don't do much walking at 1 below zero, no matter WHAT I'm wearing!
"3. How many businesses have the infrastructure to handle storing and charging these things?
I assume it will be carryable. As for charging, the article says that the batterys will plug into a normal wall socket. "
I won't want to carry 65 pounds through the mall or grocery store! I certainly won't want to leave a $3000 toy anywhere public while it recharges!
"4. Is it really going to share the sidewalk with pedestrians? Where are they going to go now?
They can get a Segway, or get the fuck out of my way. Bikes manage. "
Only because they're fast enough to get away from irate pedestrians who they've just run off the sidewalk!
"5. What about security? Riding around on a $3000 device that can't move faster than walking speed is a huge crime oppurtunity.
Bike locks will be adapted, and maybe even a key system like cars have.
Probably you'll just bring it into your work building with you, and have it near at all times! Store it in your cubicle!"
My first concern is when I'm putting through the inner city at just over walking speed. Some people there are not fat or slow, and can run 8+ MPH with their knives and whatnot. Most bikes don't cost 3 grand, and I'd hate lugging 65 pounds up 3 flights of stairs, or putting it in a very crowded elevator.
That assumes that the auto dealer pays close attention to the photograph. Maybe he will, maybe not. All I know is 90% of places I use my credit card at (in person, not online) DON'T ask to see photo ID, even though my card is unsigned!
I've had to maintain an old COBOL program written by my first boss back when he was still programming. It was written in 1972! However I still have it beat; I'm as old as COBOL itself!
My hypothetical security guards might not be able to stop the police from illegally entering my property, but I expect them to do anything in their power to do so, notify me if they can't, and serve as witnesses when I do sue (unless somebody inside is screaming for help, in which case I wouldn't have a leg to stand on).
"So if you hire private security guards to protect your house, do you expect them to forcibly keep out the FBI when they have a warrant?"
No, but I expect them to verify that they really are the FBI, and that they really have a valid warrant. I don't expect them to let someone through just on their word that they're FBI.
We can either support a corrupt, oppressive monarchy that at least pretends to be our friend, or a bunch of religious fanatics, not much different from the Taliban, who are already yelling "Death to America", with vast oil reserves hanging in the balance. Talk about no-win scenerios.
Set your comment level to 0 or less and read any stories on/. on ANY subject and you'll get a bunch of bovine fertelizer. Sometimes even browsing at a level of 2 isn't enough to keep it out.
Anybody running a server shouldn't be using yesterday's kernel. On my desktop at home I use the latest and greatest just for the heck of it. I was just lucky that I didn't get bitten by this bug, but if I had, I knew my backups were current. OTOH, if I were using Linux on the job, I'd be using 2.2.20 unless I NEEDED 2.4. I'd never use yesterday's kernel on anything but my personal box!
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Nokia, Sony, IBM, Oracle, Sun and AOL/TW are all using MS Windows on their desktops! XBox may fail, but M$ has the resources to try again as many times as it needs to, financed by its desktop OS.
Microsoft has been a monopoly from the beginning. MS-Dos ran the first IBM PC's with no competition. It used Dos as the cash cow to finance its application market, which it later switched to Windows. It's much easier to recover from mistakes if your product ships on every PC built since 1981!
I couldn't agree more! Many times I've looked it a portion of a program that hasn't been touched for years, and it did something strange and I'd say "WTF". I could tell WHAT it was doing, but I had no clue as to WHY. Of course, my predecessor didn't belive in comments, and he had won the lotto/gone senile/died long ago.
Joe Sixpack and Susie SockerMom CAN be an asset to Linux. For one thing, when he whines that feature X doesn't work right, he's exposing a bug. And, more important, if a lot of people start asking if that snazzy new digital camera works with Linux, the vendor will make sure that it does or he'll lose $$$.
When are they going to send a probe to Uranus?
As an ordinary citizen, you'd only get "SuperHuman Enhancment" Version 1. The cop would have "SuperHuman Enhancement" Version 2, and would kick your butt without even trying!
I think the problem a lot of /.ers have is that it is being compared to the car. The Segway won't replace anyone's car; it may, however replace the wheelchair, or if it becomes lighter, faster, and cheaper, the bike.
"1. How many people live close enough to work that they can afford the time to communte on a device that moves at walking speed? (no one I know)
That's what public transportation is for. You get on your Segway, go to the bus station, get on, and instead of a hectic drive, you can do some homework or check your email while you commute. Then, when you get where you're going, you hop back on the Segway and ride to work. No walking neccessary. "
That assumes you live where public transportation doesn't suck!
"2. How many people live in places where the weather is neither too warm or too cold to spend the time outside?
Lots, but there are such things as jackets and T-shirts, you know. People successfully manage to walk or bike around as it is now. "
I don't do much walking at 1 below zero, no matter WHAT I'm wearing!
"3. How many businesses have the infrastructure to handle storing and charging these things?
I assume it will be carryable. As for charging, the article says that the batterys will plug into a normal wall socket. "
I won't want to carry 65 pounds through the mall or grocery store! I certainly won't want to leave a $3000 toy anywhere public while it recharges!
"4. Is it really going to share the sidewalk with pedestrians? Where are they going to go now?
They can get a Segway, or get the fuck out of my way. Bikes manage. "
Only because they're fast enough to get away from irate pedestrians who they've just run off the sidewalk!
"5. What about security? Riding around on a $3000 device that can't move faster than walking speed is a huge crime oppurtunity.
Bike locks will be adapted, and maybe even a key system like cars have.
Probably you'll just bring it into your work building with you, and have it near at all times! Store it in your cubicle!"
My first concern is when I'm putting through the inner city at just over walking speed. Some people there are not fat or slow, and can run 8+ MPH with their knives and whatnot. Most bikes don't cost 3 grand, and I'd hate lugging 65 pounds up 3 flights of stairs, or putting it in a very crowded elevator.
That assumes that the auto dealer pays close attention to the photograph. Maybe he will, maybe not. All I know is 90% of places I use my credit card at (in person, not online) DON'T ask to see photo ID, even though my card is unsigned!
Maybe I'm meeting somebody who has publically spoken out against "W" and I don't want it known cause my employer is a "W" supporter.
I've had to maintain an old COBOL program written by my first boss back when he was still programming. It was written in 1972! However I still have it beat; I'm as old as COBOL itself!
Why stop with the 4th amendment? Why not just abolish the whole !@#$ Constitution and declare GW Bush as King, and Ashcroft his Chief Advisor!
That's because you caught it BEFORE the theif charged $15,000 (or whatever your CC limit is) worth of merchandise.
My hypothetical security guards might not be able to stop the police from illegally entering my property, but I expect them to do anything in their power to do so, notify me if they can't, and serve as witnesses when I do sue (unless somebody inside is screaming for help, in which case I wouldn't have a leg to stand on).
"So if you hire private security guards to protect your house, do you expect them to forcibly keep out the FBI when they have a warrant?"
No, but I expect them to verify that they really are the FBI, and that they really have a valid warrant. I don't expect them to let someone through just on their word that they're FBI.
Is any of that "vast array" of software still available?
I've heard rumors of people who are still using 286's. If true, there may be some poor unfortunate soul using an 8088.
I predict we'll get warp drive before we have a truly reliable version of Windows.
We can either support a corrupt, oppressive monarchy that at least pretends to be our friend, or a bunch of religious fanatics, not much different from the Taliban, who are already yelling "Death to America", with vast oil reserves hanging in the balance. Talk about no-win scenerios.
Set your comment level to 0 or less and read any stories on /. on ANY subject and you'll get a bunch of bovine fertelizer. Sometimes even browsing at a level of 2 isn't enough to keep it out.
2.4.12 should be safe (as safe as any 2.4 version). This bug is just in 2.4.15-pre9 & 2.4.15-greased-turkey/dead-duck
There is a 2.5.1-pre1 fix, but it's not tested enough for a full 2.5.1. Now THAT scares me!
Only problem is, 2.4.15 will eat your filesystem and burp loudly. You'd think it was a 2.5 kernel - oh wait, it is!
Yeah, I thought 2.5 would be as stable as 2.4.15. Instead 2.4.15 as as flaky as a 2.5 version!
Anybody running a server shouldn't be using yesterday's kernel. On my desktop at home I use the latest and greatest just for the heck of it. I was just lucky that I didn't get bitten by this bug, but if I had, I knew my backups were current. OTOH, if I were using Linux on the job, I'd be using 2.2.20 unless I NEEDED 2.4. I'd never use yesterday's kernel on anything but my personal box!